Wild Harvest: A Novel of Transition Days in OklahomaWhite House, 1925 - 299 pàgines Wild Harvest, one the most important debuts of modern Native American writers, may rightfully be called the first Native American novel of the modern era. The author, John Milton Oskison, 1874-1947, was born near Tahlequah, Indian Territory to a part-Cherokee mother and a white father. He was a member of the first graduating class from Willie Halsell College in 1894, and later editor and editorial writer for the New York Evening Post and associate editor and finance editor for Collier's Weekly. He was a World War I veteran. |
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Pàgina 3
... hands seemed as yet slightly exaggerated in size . Her fingers were supple , slender . Her body was erect and flat , like that of a boy athlete . " Hello , Aunty ! " As she entered the kitchen , where Susan Dines was slicing cold boiled ...
... hands seemed as yet slightly exaggerated in size . Her fingers were supple , slender . Her body was erect and flat , like that of a boy athlete . " Hello , Aunty ! " As she entered the kitchen , where Susan Dines was slicing cold boiled ...
Pàgina 6
... hand in her uncle's , in the luminous pink of the midsummer dawn . He looked sidewise at her flushed face , her up - flung head , felt the hard pressure of her fingers and changed his mind about discussing Chester Forest's plans . He ...
... hand in her uncle's , in the luminous pink of the midsummer dawn . He looked sidewise at her flushed face , her up - flung head , felt the hard pressure of her fingers and changed his mind about discussing Chester Forest's plans . He ...
Pàgina 7
... hand in time ; an ' he's a nice feller . " He lingered in opening the barnlot gate . " What else you got against him , Nancy ? " Nan met his shrewd smile frankly . " Oh , nothing much , " and , losing her sense of griev- ance as she ...
... hand in time ; an ' he's a nice feller . " He lingered in opening the barnlot gate . " What else you got against him , Nancy ? " Nan met his shrewd smile frankly . " Oh , nothing much , " and , losing her sense of griev- ance as she ...
Pàgina 15
... hand lever , lift its teeth . A neat twelve - foot roll of hay dropped , the beginning of a windrow , Nan's first proud contribution to future family fortune . She spared it a fleeting backward glance , then set her eyes ahead to the ...
... hand lever , lift its teeth . A neat twelve - foot roll of hay dropped , the beginning of a windrow , Nan's first proud contribution to future family fortune . She spared it a fleeting backward glance , then set her eyes ahead to the ...
Pàgina 17
... hand , on the vine - embowered front porch of the big Forest house to beg for a job . Dad would turn him away , but before he stepped off the porch she would come out in her cool white dress and low silver - buckled slippers to ...
... hand , on the vine - embowered front porch of the big Forest house to beg for a job . Dad would turn him away , but before he stepped off the porch she would come out in her cool white dress and low silver - buckled slippers to ...
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ain't arms asked Aunty baler baling began Bess Big Grove Bill Ridge Billy Dines Billy's brother Buster called cattle cheeks Ches Forest cowboy dance Davis Dines's door Dunkin face farm father folks Gabe Horner girl goin grinned hand Harve Harvey Stokes Harvey's head heard Henry Bear's herd Homeville honey lamb Honeywell horns Indian Jack Hayes Jennie Joe Tiger Julia Ellery Jumbo Kate Kearns kiss kitchen laughed listened long grass country longhorns look Madden Nan's eyes Nancy Nigger horse night old woman outfit pistol prairie pulled quirt ride rode rose Ruby Engel Ruby's saddle Sam Davis Shorty smile somethin stack steers stood supper sure Susan Dines talk tell Texas things thought Thunder Creek Tom Winger Tom's turned Uncle Billy Vergil voice wagon wait Walnut Creek watched whispered Winger young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 20 - Yes, we'll gather at the river, The beautiful, the beautiful river — Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the throne of God.
Pàgina 38 - Bible states that the sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the children.
Pàgina 133 - Father, dear father, come home to me now, The clock in the steeple strikes One with a concealed chorus of sentimental lady singers in the background.
Pàgina 19 - Wait till the clouds roll by, Jennie, Wait till the clouds roll by !